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From your own numbers, Texas has <5% more non-Hispanic white people than California (36.6% vs 41.4%). It's a weak argument when Oregon exists.

>California has: Better schools across all grades

No, it doesn't. For example, USNWR ranks TX public schools #33 and CA #37:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

More generally, public schools in many affordable parts of California are severely underfunded due to Proposition 13, while the statewide average is boosted by high-ranking schools in ultra-expensive cities like Palo Alto. Texas has less inequality between public schools and has earned international recognition for its Ten Percent Law:

https://news.utexas.edu/key-issues/top-10-percent-law/




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